Chapter 338 The mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 338 The mastermind behind the scenes

Italian gangs are recruiting people at the docks. For ordinary people, if they really become a gang member, they may be a good partner. Although it is a bit more dangerous, gang members are treated well, and they can also use their status to bully some ordinary people. There is a sense of vanity, but how could the Italian gangsters digest such a large number of Italian immigrants!

At this time, the Italian gang showed what it means to be professional. The United States is currently building new railways and developing the west. It lacks manpower but has demand. The Italian gang took this opportunity to start participating in various projects.

It's usually easy for Italians to take over a project. If you don't let us do it, you won't be able to start work normally. I'll send people to make trouble every two days to see who can't hold on first.

There is no other way. Most bosses choose to keep things quiet. You can leave the life to you, but you must do it well. If you are in a hurry, you will still find someone to take care of it.

It is impossible for Italian gangs to conjure people out of thin air, so it is extremely important to recruit people in Italy. This is why Italian gangs are willing to pay for the immigrants' shipping fees.

Since the end of the Civil War, half of all steel produced in the United States has been used to make railroad tracks. The golden age of American railroads has thus begun, and New York has seized this opportunity and developed rapidly.

New York, the new hometown of the United States, was discovered relatively late, so its development started relatively late. In 1524, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano discovered New York Harbor with the support of the King of France. Entering New York Harbor on the Dauphine, he declared the land French and named it New Angoulême. He became the first European to visit New York recorded in history, so the relationship between Italians and New York has a long history.

After the United States became independent, New York developed rapidly. In 1790, New York surpassed Philadelphia to become the largest city in the United States. In 1800, only about 9% of the foreign goods in the United States entered the United States through New York Port. In 1825, the Erie Canal was opened to navigation, and New York became a commodity distribution center. By 1860, the proportion of foreign goods had jumped to 62%. At the same time, the population of New York exceeded one million, and New York became the largest emerging city in the history of the world. Now New York has caught up with the railway development boom and is expected to develop further.

New York's Grand Central Station is one of the representative symbols of New York's railway development. New York's Grand Central Station was funded and built by the railway giant Vanderbilt.

He inherited his father's estate in 1877 and then expanded the New York Central Railway network on a large scale, purchasing the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, the Chicago, New York and St. Louis Railway, the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway, and the Grand Central Station. One of my favorite works.

The construction of Grand Central Station is a microcosm of the expansion of American railways. After completion, it can accommodate 15,000 passengers. The completed New York Grand Central Station will be a landmark building in Manhattan and the largest single building in North America.

Italians played a major role in the construction of Grand Central Station. Italy is currently the largest source of immigrants to the United States. Although the overall number and quality of immigrants in the United States are far inferior to those in previous generations, they are not too inferior. Italians and Slavs have filled the German Vacancies left by people.

The objective description of American Germans in the German region by the Hechingen Syndicate's newspaper agency dissuaded most German immigrants from going to the United States and chose East Africa instead.

Although they also don't know much about East Africa, they understand the tricks of the nobility. The appeal of the Hechingen royal family and the great aristocrats is not comparable to that of the American nouveau riche.

Of course, the United States, as a hot land, is very attractive to many rebellious Germans. Such people, like those who insist on making a fortune in northern Myanmar, sneer at the Hechingen Consortium's objective description of the United States.

What "hell on earth"? That's because I didn't go there. I went to the United States. I can get rich by relying on the "craftsmanship" honed in Germany. I heard that the rich in the United States are all "good people" who are generous with their money. If you just tie up a few votes, we will get rich. , and then can we return home in glory?

You have to ask them, how do you know? He said that the people who used to live in the same village as me have now become rich. He called me at that time but I didn’t go. Now my thighs are almost blue.

This kind of ignorant person, who only believes in his own "reliable gossip", then go ahead. No one will stop him anyway. Whether he can make a living in the United States is a question. After all, our predecessors have blocked the road. , and they are clearly not as united as the Italians.

There are both revolutionaries and gang organizations from Italy to North America, and their organizational capabilities are much stronger than those of the Germans.

They set up various engineering companies and then recruited people as "workers" to provide paid and cheap labor services to American private individuals and enterprises, that is, outsourcing.

This year, the Grand Central Station under construction in New York uses a large number of Italian workers. The status of Italians in the United States is slightly higher than that of Chinese, Indians, and blacks. In addition to the larger number of blacks, Italians have the largest number, so Italians Those with high status are extremely limited. After arriving in the United States, most Italians can only work in low-end jobs certified by American society, such as chefs, carpenters, and construction workers.

Anyway, there are no human rights, and most of them are used to death. If you want to resist, you must first go through the gang. As partners of capitalists, gang members will help manage their compatriots and prevent them from causing trouble.

Although there is always a risk of sudden death under high-intensity work, it is better than staying in Italy and starving to death. Even if the working conditions in Europe are not necessarily better than those in the United States, and the social status may be lower, most Italians are used to it, and in There are no black people in Europe to support myself. As long as there are people who are worse off than me, I will at least have some comfort in my heart.

Generally speaking, Italian immigrants are satisfied with their life in the United States, and Italian gangs are even more satisfied. They can never make enough money, and American companies and capitalists are also satisfied. Italians have low prices, and there are gangs to suppress them, so they will not cause trouble. , Italians themselves are more industrious than Indians and blacks, and have lower management costs. Who doesn’t like this kind of labor force.

Moreover, Italians do not have the backing of a strong motherland. Currently, Italy has returned to a state of fragmentation. Naturally, it is impossible for its status to rise. That is, it is because of the glory of Europeans that it has a higher status than Chinese, Indians and blacks.

In fact, the status of immigrants who first came to Italy was relatively high and they were accepted by American society. At that time, Italian immigrants were mainly small traders, and the number of laborers was less than one-seventh.

But in recent years, especially in the past two years, there has been a large influx of Italians, mostly ordinary people with no skills. Even if they are given the opportunity, they can only work in low-end jobs. In addition, Italian gangs have opened their doors in the United States. , resulting in a great decline in social security in the United States, a surge in crime rates, and a slum within a slum in the Italian immigrant community. All of this has greatly lowered the image and status of the Italian immigrant group in the United States.

The initiator was actually the five forces of the United States government, Italian gangs, the Kingdom of Italy, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Ernst. They all jointly promoted this situation.

According to normal immigration procedures, even if a war broke out, Italian immigrants to the United States should not be so miserable. However, Ernst screened many high-quality immigrants to East Africa and Paraguay in advance. It is surprising that Italian immigrants to the United States did well.